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Syrian rebels prepare attack from Turkey on Islamic State town 21 Aug 2016 - 02:27 pm

An Islamic State flag flies over the custom office of Syria's Jarablus border gate as it is pictured from the Turkish town of...

Nigeria oil rebels announce ceasefire 21 Aug 2016 - 01:50 pm

An oil slick clots the bottom of mangroves in Bodo creek in Ogoniland, near Nigeria's oil hub city of Port Harcourt December 4,...

Russian airstrike kills 15 in Syria’s Aleppo 21 Aug 2016 - 01:44 pm

Aleppo, Syria on August 20 2016. ?brahim Ebu Leys - AA ALEPPO, Syria: At least 15 people were killed in a Russian cluster...

Suicide bomber kills 3 in north Cameroon 21 Aug 2016 - 01:39 pm

Yaoundé: Three civilians were killed and around 20 others wounded on Sunday in a suicide attack in northern Cameroon, officials and a vigilante...

French beach burkini ban sparks disdain across the sea 21 Aug 2016 - 12:24 pm

File photo shows Tunisian women wearing a "burkini", a full-body swimsuit designed for Muslim women, walking in the water at Ghar El Melh...

'IS bomber' kills at least 50 at Turkey wedding 21 Aug 2016 - 11:40 am

Women mourn as they wait in front of a hospital morgue in the Turkish city of Gaziantep, after a suspected bomber targeted a...

Gulf tourism frenzy in Bosnia delights business, polarises locals 21 Aug 2016 - 11:21 am

Tourists from the Middle East walk through Sarajevo Resort in Osenik near Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 10, 2016. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic) By Daria...

Nespresso inventor says wife, Rome cafe inspired the 'pod' 21 Aug 2016 - 07:58 am

Nespresso inventor Eric Favre poses with a picture of a capsule on July 27, 2016 in Saint-Barthelemy, western Switzerland. Had Eric Favre not...

Benin revives hopes of getting railway back on track 21 Aug 2016 - 07:49 am

This file photo taken on July 6, 2016 shows a Benin's railway worker walking by a locomotive at the central railway station in...

Zambia’s Lungu faces battle to restore economic growth 21 Aug 2016 - 07:43 am

Zambia's President Edgar Lungu attends a signing ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, February 8, 2016. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer Lusaka: Zambia’s newly...

Work until 69? Bundesbank's call riles Germans 21 Aug 2016 - 07:26 am

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and German Vice Chancellor, Economy and Energy Minister Sigmar Gabriel have taken their seat at the beginning of...

Turkey's Erdogan says IS 'likely perpetrator' of Gaziantep attack 21 Aug 2016 - 07:15 am

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. REUTERS / Umit Bektas Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group...

Rights groups hail Senegal's new steps to protect street children 21 Aug 2016 - 07:12 am

Young Senegalese boys, locally called talibe, beg for ailments in a street in Dakar on April 15, 2016. Child beggars remain so numerous...

Telangana police arrest orphanage owner forcing children to beg 21 Aug 2016 - 07:00 am

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE. AFP By Anuradha Nagaraj CHENNAI, India: Indian police have arrested the owner of an orphanage for forcing children in his care...

Analysis: Justice elusive for slain aid workers on front lines of crises 21 Aug 2016 - 06:55 am

Candles are burnt in front of the photographs of 17 slain humanitarian workers from the French aid group Action Contre La Faim at...

Migrant mother, son sue US over treatment in detention 21 Aug 2016 - 06:35 am

Detainees sleep and watch television in a holding cell where hundreds of mostly Central American immigrant children are being processed and held at...